Wilsons Sandbox

> Hey all. Got back from a little 17 day jaunt across > Lab and through newfoundland... I'm going to try my > hand at typing up a trip report once I get the > pictures back, probably in a few days it ought to be > up if work isn't too overbearing. > > In case anyone's about to leave, the roads are all in > great shape, much better than I would have imagined. > It's been really dry up there (for them) so the flys > are really scarce, and what there is of them isn't > biting. Mosquitoes are around, but they're worse in > my backyard than up there at the moment. We had two > 1/2 days of rain in 17 days of riding, every other day > was blue skies and pleasant. > > We did 5000 miles, ate two quarts of oil between two > KLRs, burned up a brand new set of K270s each. One of > the bikes had a K&N on it that clogged so bad that the > bike actually stopped running outside Goose Bay--the > thing looked more like a biscuit than a filter. Other > than that they both ran like clocks, despite one > getting dropped at 55mph and the other taking a > healthy dip into a newfie lake. > > Big thanks to Dave Noel up in Mary's Harbor for > spending an afternoon drinking coffee and playing > straighten-the-KLR with us... and to everyone who > gave me input on the trip. > > I'll post a note when I have the photos up... > > Oh, and it's BEAUTIFUL up there. First time i've ever > returned home and thought, "What the hell am I doing > here?"... before I'd even left I was doing the mental > math about buzzing back up some time. > > -Luke > A17 > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs